Clothes-line support.



B. SMITH & A. BARLEVY.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE-I21, 1915.

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BENJAMIN SMITH AND ABRAHAM. BAR-LEVY, NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

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Application filed June 21, 1915.

1" 0 all 'lP/LO/il. it may colic-cm Be it known that we, BENJAMIN SMITH and Aenanxar BannnvY, citizens of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Supports; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in supports, and more particularly to clothes line supports designed for use in tenement houses and other places where the clothes line is attached to the framework of a window or near a window.

The main object of the invention is to provide an in'iproved structure of this character which will permit the line to be extended into the room through the window during the placing of the clothes thereon and after such placing of the clothes on the line, the

end of the line extending into the room may be moved outside the window without changing the tension of the line.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel 'l ea tures of construction and in the combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a transverse section of a window with this improved supportshown mounted in operative position with a clothes line supported thereby and extended into the room ready to receive the clothes, the connecting rod of said support being shown in trans verse section; Fig. 2 is a front elevation taken from the outside of the window looking inward, with the window closed and the support in normal position; Fig. 8 is a transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. l is a detail perspective view of the coupling; Fig. 5 is a similar view of the wrench.

In the embodiment illustrated a window frame F is shown across which at a point below the lower end of the upper sash S is shown positioned a supporting rod 1 constructed in telescoping sections 2 and 3, the section 2 having one end flattened and apertured to adapt it for connection to the frame by fastening screws, and the other end being tubular and open to receive the Specification of Letters Patent.

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cooperating end of the section 3, which latter l one end thereof also flattened for attachment to the window trame at the side opposite that to which the section 2 is attached. When the section 3 is engaged with the section 2 it may be locked in adjusted position by a. set screw el if desired. It is of course understood that this rod is made in telescopically engaged sections to adapt it to it windows of varying widths. Adjustably mounted on this rod 1 is sleeve or T-shapcd coupling which may be secured in adjusted position by set screws (3 or otherwise. Depending from this coupling 5 is a hook 'T for a purpose to be described.

A threaded neck 8 projects upwardly from the shank 9 oil? the coupling and is designed to receive an elbow coupling 10.

A. wrench 11 is threaded to lit the neck 8 and is designed to lock the elbow coupling in adjusted position. A bracket arm or bar 12 is connected with the coupling at one end and at its other end is provided with a hook 13 which is designed to engage and support a pulley 1d over which the clot-hes line 15 passes, said line being in the form of an endless belt extending around the pulley 1-1 and around another pulley (not shown) mounted on a suitable support outside the window. From the above description it will be obvious that this bracket arm 12 may be swung laterally in any desired position and locked in adjusted position by the member 11. For instance, when it is desired to hang clothes on the line 15, said arm 12 is swung inwardly in a plane at right angles to the plane of the rod 1 as shown in Fig. 1 in the accompanying drawings. The clothes to be hung out are attached to the lower stretch of the line 15 and as each article is attached, said line is turned on the pulleys to pass the article out of the window until the entire line has been filled or as many articles attached thereto as may be desired. After the line has been filled to the desired extent, the lower stretch of the line is engaged with the hook 7 on the coupling 5, the upper stretch being already engaged therewith and by means of which the line will be held taut against sagging when the arm 12 is swung laterally to position it in a plane substantially parallel with its supporting rod 1. It will thus be observed that clothing or other articles may be engaged with the line 15 and passed out of the window without the necessity of the operator leaning out of the window, thereby avoiding all danger of accidents and when the line has been filled or if it is not in use, the bracket arm 12 may be swung outside the window and locked in its adjusted position by the member 11 until it is again desired to operate it for drawing in the clothes. The arm 12 is then swung inwardly and the direction of travel of the line reversed to cause the clothing attached to the lower stretch thereof to pass inwardly into the room and as each piece is removed, a further turn of the line will bring the next piece within reach for removal at a convenient point in the room.

e claim:

1. In a clothes line support of the class described, the combination of a supporting rod, a sleeve slidably mounted thereon, a line engaging element carried by said sleeve,

" a bracket arm rotatably mounted on said sleeve, a line supporting guide carried by said bracket arm, and means for locking said arm in adjusted position.

2. In a clothes line support of the class by the opposite end of said bracket, and

mounted to rotate on the threaded neck of said T-coupling, and means arranged on said neck between said elbow coupling and the body of said T-coupling for locking said bracket in adjusted position.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN SMITH. ABRAHAM BAR-LEVY. Vitnesses L. E. SCHWAB, J. V. HAZLETT.

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